Mostaqur Rahman appointed Bangladesh cenbank head, government says
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 02/25/26 07:10 AM ESTDHAKA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's new government appointed entrepreneur and financial governance specialist Mostaqur ?Rahman as governor of ?the central bank, a government notification ?said on Wednesday.
The move comes ?amid widespread changes across ?key ?state institutions - from the security forces to ?the civil ?administration - as the new government of Prime Minister Tarique ?Rahman, who ?won ?a landslide victory in elections this month, begins to take ?shape.
Mostaqur Rahman has more than ?30 years of experience in corporate finance, export economics and institutional governance, a ?central ?bank official said.?
He will ?serve?a four-year term, the government ?notification said.
A separate notification said the government ended the tenure of Ahsan H. Mansur, a former IMF economist, who was appointed ?governor after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in ?2024.
(Reporting by Ruma ?Paul; Editing by ?YP Rajesh)
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